Technical examination of documents will help to identify counterfeit banknotes

Technical examination of documents will help to identify counterfeit banknotes

06 May 2019

Recently, the media have been reporting on the
distribution of counterfeit dollars in Ukraine. The National Bank of Ukraine
has repeatedly warned about the identification and circulation of counterfeit
foreign currency banknotes.

Counterfeit banknotes, forms of documents,
identity documents and their individual details is now a common crime, the
spread of which is associated with the availability and constant improvement of
modern copying equipment. Under such conditions, the forensic and technical
examination of documents (technical and forensic examination of documents) is
relevant and important.

As part of the technical examination of documents,
experts of Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise investigate
the structure of the paper from which the banknotes are made, the protective
elements, their compliance in content and properties, the design of the
banknotes, and the presence of special infrared and magnetic security labels.

In everyday life when using foreign currency
to protect from counterfeit money, experts advise first of all to pay attention
to the presence of the main protective features of banknotes, namely:

Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise is a leading state expert institution of Ukraine founded in 1913. The work of the Institute is guided by the Constitution of Ukraine, the Law of Ukraine "On Forensic Examinations", the Law of Ukraine "On scientific and technical activity" procedural laws and other laws of Ukraine, Decrees of the President of Ukraine, decrees and orders of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, orders and instructions of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and other legal acts.